Starlight Beats Flaherty After Arm Break Ends Bout
In a two man featherweight clash at Lowell Everett fans cheered as Starlight and Flaherty fought fifteen rounds. Starlight dominated in fighting and scoring while Flaherty suffered a broken arm mid bout. The referee declared Starlight winner with Flaherty unable to continue and a rematch hinted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaherty
Lowell
Starlight
Everett Clique
Daly
Dobbs
Joe Gordon
Jack Havlin
Howie Hodgkins
Tom Connolly
Joe Flaherty
Far North Pine Lumber Arrives By Five Schooners
About 2,225,000 feet of hard pine lumber arrived at the port yesterday carried by the schooners Festina from Pascagoula Frank W. Howe Otello and Anna Pendleton from Brunswick Ga EdwardS Stearns and the Rebecca F Lamdin from Port Royal S C Most ships had easy runs up the coast except the Festina which endured forty days at sea due to head winds and heavy weather Captain Hutchinson blamed prolonged rough conditions for the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festina
Pascagoula
Frank W. Howe
Otello
Anna Pendleton
Brunswick
Edwards. Stearns
Rebecca F. Lamdin
Port Royal
8. C
Hutchinson
Atlantic Yacht Club Challenges St John’s Institute in Pool Night
The Atlantic Yacht Club and St John’s Literary Institute of East Cambridge met at the Atlantic Yacht Club last night for pool play. J O Donnell of AYC beat D Shaughnesy 100 to 85 in the first game, and H Nelson of AYC defeated J Donovan of SJLI 100 to 78 in the second. Cribbage whist and forty-fives were won by SJLI. Return games set for Wednesday at SJLI rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Yacht Club
St. John’s Literary Institute of
East Cambridge
J. O'Donnell
D. Shaughnesy
H. Nelson
J. Donovan
Chicken Welch Behind the Bars
Edward H. Welch alias Chicken Welch was sentenced in Superior Criminal Court by Judge Richardson to three months in the House of Correction for assault and battery on Cornelius J. Coakley on December 11 in a South Boston barroom when Welch threw a tumbler at the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Welch
Chicken’ Welch
Superior Criminal Court
Richardson
House of Correction
Cornelius J. Coakley
South
Boston
Coakley
Embezzler Robert J. Simpson Sentenced in Boston
Robert J. Simpson, former treasurer of the East Boston Athletic Association, was sentenced yesterday in Superior Court to one year at the House of Correction for embezzling 350 dollars on February 3, 1894. The case involved the association's funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Simpson
House of Correction
East Boston Athletic Association
Association
Plain truth on Davis Menthol Cough Drops by Forbes agency
An advertising note from Forbes, Hayward & Co. highlights the efficacy of Davis Menthol Cough Drops. The entry positions Forbes as general agents for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes, Hayward & Co
Natick shooting case stirs town over bail for Ring
Natick reports a 60 year old Hiram P. Ring shot and killed Richard Meagher 27, on Ring's piazza. Meagher's father questions warrant and bail as inquest proceedings continue. Ring remanded after pleading not guilty with $5000 bail. Community tensions rise amid union and religious tensions and rumors of a lodge link. Funeral plans set for Meagher at St Patrick's tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natick
Hiram P. Ring
John Meagher
Post
Richard Meagher
H. C. Mulligan
Ring
Meagher
Justice Mulligan
William Nutt
Richard
Laster Davis
Mr. Meagher
Charles Tirrell
H. J. Sleeper
Sleeper
Michael Glynn
South Natick
King’s
Clent
Lincoln Street
St. Patrick's Church
Paine Acquires Brookline News Company Assets
H. K. Paine of Brookline purchases the Brookline news business and plans new routes to deliver Boston papers and magazines to homes. He aims to provide first class service in newspaper delivery and establish prompt after arrival delivery routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Paine
Brookline
Brookline News Company
Boston
Brown University poloists beat Crescent team 2 1
Brown University ice polo team defeated Crescent of New Bedford 2 goals to 1 this afternoon. Mattison and Jones from the All-America ice polo club play on Brown's side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Brown University
Crescent
Mattison
Jones
All-America
Brown
Post Office Workers Raid Nets Sixteen Suspects
A police squad led by Chief Inspector Watts raided two houses long linked to gangs of thieves. Sixteen men were detained, nine at 6 Oliver Place and seven at 14 Auburn Court, then moved to headquarters. Investigators link Oliver Place detainees to professional safe blowing and post office crimes, with ties to inmates at Thomaston Missouri. One key suspect admitted alias Morrison and travel name McGuire after being exposed while posing as Richard Mack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Oliver Place
Auburn Court
Thomaston
Boynton
New England
McCarthy
Richard Mack
Richard Morrison
Central Falls
N. Y
Morrison
McGuire
Episcopalian Club Banquet Honors Diocesan Work
The Hotel Brunswick hosted the Episcopalian Club annual meeting and banquet. Officers elected included A. J. C. Lowdon as president and H. M. Lovering, Robert Treat Paine as vice presidents. Bishop Neely of Maine spoke on diocesan work, recounting church growth and missions, while Rev. Henry Forrester and Rev. H. P. Addison outlined Mexico missions and construction of All Saints Church. Carol singing by Alonzo P. Howard closed the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Episcopalian Club
A. J. C. Lowdon
H. M. Lovering
Robert Treat Paine
W. R. Cabot
H. @. Upham
Doane
New York
A. J. C. Sowdon
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
London
Neely
Maine
Diocese of
St. Paul’s Day
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Aroostook
Bangor
Henry Forrester
Mexico Missions
Mexico
H. PD. Addison
All Saints
Beacon Street
Alonzo P. Howard
Jubilant scene at old glass factory in Sandwich crowd views fires
In Sandwich on January 21 fires were lit in the furnaces of the old glass factory. Churches rang their bells and a large crowd gathered to witness the event. Officials say work will take about two weeks to complete repairs and arrange manufacture of glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich
Ripans Tabules Gain a Nervous Bilious Relief Claim
W C Lewis of Boston connected with Youth's Companion advertising relates he uses Ripans Tabules for nervous bilious attacks triggered by high pressure work. He takes one tabule as an instant remedy and feels better within twenty minutes. He now always carries a vial ready for use, though periods without need recur. Tabules marketed by Rupans Tabules Company at 10 Spruce Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Lewis
Dwight St
Boston
Lewis
Three Selectmen to Rule Dedham After Special Meeting
Dedham voters approve reducing the Board of Selectmen from five to three after a heated session in Memorial Hall. The meeting featured attacks on Selectman Thomas P. Murray over alleged political patronage tied to his grocery business and road contracts, with Murray defending actions and denying favoritism. The town also rejected a separate motion to create a three member highway surveyors board and postponed related warrant articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Memorial Hall
Thomas P. Murray
Board of Selectmen
Board of Health
East Dedham
Avery School Building Committee
Selectman Murray
Owen J. Reynolds
Robert H. O. Schulz
James T. Clark
Avery
John F. McCarthy
Murray
Figures on Railroads Board report summary
The Board of Railroad Commissioners releases its twenty sixth annual report. It lists 2 118 097 miles of railroad in the state and 4 219 195 miles of track. Past year deaths and injuries total 1114 with 146 passengers and 600 employees affected at grade crossings and stations. Protected crossings show 28 killed 32 injured. unprotected 2 killed 30 injured. Protected grade crossings total 1085 unprotected 1088. Passengers carried 109 434 184. Freight traffic shrinkage 10.02 percent and passenger traffic 6.87 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Spalding pleads guilty in Wheeler Blodgett case
Harry B. Spalding the absconding book keeper for Wheeler Blodgett and Co yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of the indictment. He was held for twenty thousand dollars bail which he could not furnish. The nine counts total twenty seven thousand dollars with the first three totaling ten thousand. The embezzlements span 1893 to 1894 across multiple dates and amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Spalding
Wheeler, Blodgett & Co
Spalding
Katahdin Expected Today At Navy Yard Returns
The Ammon ram Katahdin is due at the navy yard early today. Bath Iron Works crews of forty eight from Bath Maine rush to finish a cradle in the dry dock for the vessel. She will be dry docked on high tide Thursday and prepared for the spring trial trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
Bath
United States Trust Company organized in Boston
The United States Trust Company has been organized with a strong Boston board of officers and directors. It will operate from the Adams Express building on Court Street and be ready to start business around March 1, with facilities for banking and trust services and a broad patron base. The officers include A B Pillsbury, A Shuman, Otis Shepard, D J Lord, I A Ratshesky, General A P Martin, John Shepard, Jonathan A Lane, and others, with BH A Curtis as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Trust Company
Bostonians
Adams Express Company
Court Street
Corner Court Square
A. E. Pillsbury
Albert B. Pillsbury
A. Shuman
A. Shuman & Co
Clothiers
Otis Shepard
Shepard & Morse Lumber Company
D. J. Lord
Manufacturers’ Bank
I. A. Ratshesky
I. A. & A. C. Ratshesky
General
A. P. Martin
Board of Police
John Shepard
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Jonathan A. Lane
Allen-Lane Company
Manufacturers Cotton Gy
Brown, Durrell & Co
Joshua B. Holden
EK. W. Anthony, Smith & Anthony Company
BH. A. Curtis
Boston
A. (. Ratshesky
Albert E. Pillsbury
Saugus Lawyer Augustus Davis Dies at 74
Augustus B. Davis, long-time Saugus resident and Harvard Law School graduate, died at his home Sunday at age 74. Born May 9, 1820 in Belchertown, he was a member of the Suffolk bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus B. Davis
Saugus
Mr. Davis
Belchertown
Harvard Law School
Suffolk
Tickets for Western Points On Sale In Boston
Tickets for Western points go on sale at the Boston and Albany city ticket office located at 366 Washington Street opposite Bromfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany City
Washington Street
Bromfield
Hibernians in Convention Elect Officers and Set Parade Plans
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Suffolk county held a large convention at Hibernian Hall Hanover Street with County President William J. Cronin in the chair. Delegates from twenty five divisions attended. a new division request was approved. Daniel O Donovan was elected county secretary and Felix Gallagher county treasurer after three ballots. The group discussed a St Patrick’s Day parade and appointed a committee to draft new by laws. Six transfers were approved and several addresses delivered before the installation closed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernians
Suffolk County
Hibernian Hall
Hanover’ Street
Willam J. Cronin
Daniel O’donovan
Felix Gallagher
Electric shock concern ends in $7100 West End payout
A Superior Court jury awarded Mrs Mary A Whelton and her husband a total of 7100 in a suit against the West End street railway. The incident occurred about 1 am on Washington street near Field's Corner when Mrs Whelton touched an iron arm on an open electric car, claiming the arm carried stray electricity due to a faulty screw and repair neglect. Mrs Whelton suffered hysteria and bed confinement for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Mary A. Whelton
Superior Court
Almost a Miracle at Faulkner Bros Plant
Everett Miles of Peabody and Faulkner Bros morocco shop escaped instant death when his clothing was caught on a revolving main shaft in Lynn. He was spun for minutes, stripped of nearly all apparel, then rescued and taken home with no broken bones and only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Everett Miles
Peabody
Faulkner Bros
Morocco
Washington Street
Miles
Merchants Bank of Binghamton Closed Over Deficit
The Merchants Bank of Binghamton was closed by a state bank examiner after days of review revealing a deficit of 45,683 dollars. Erastus Ross & Sons private bank also suspended payments. Ross, president of Merchants Bank, oversees an institution with 729,518 assets and 775,201 liabilities as of the 17th inst. The bank's capital stood at 100,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Merchants’ Bank
Erastus Ross & Sons
Erastus Ross
Superintendent of Banks
Inquest Opens Into Death Of Michael Tenney At Braintree
An inquest conducted by Judge Humphrey in Quincy district court examined the death of Michael Tenney whose mutilated body was found on the New Haven railroad tracks at Braintree on January 12. Testimony suggested little if any foul play and officials released Watkins and Glover for lack of sufficient evidence against them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Humphrey
District Court
Michael Tenney
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Braintree
Watkins
Glover
Tenney
Swindler Baffles New Bedford Woman Over Piano Scheme
Mrs. Thomas Guinn of Smith street reports a con artist convinced her to pay 12 a month for a piano to be sent from Boston. She gave 5 for freight and received a receipt signed Thomas Cooper & Sons. The man vanished. the fraud appears widespread in New Bedford and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Thomas Guinn
Smith Street
Boston
Thomas Cooper & Sons
Tremont Street
Paine's Furniture Offers Bargain Brussels Drapery Set
Paine's Furniture Company promotes its drapery department with a limited time offer. The set includes genuine Brussels curtains, over drapery of point d esprit, and ivory pole for 2 dollars, a savings from the usual 38 dollars. The sale aims to introduce the new department to a wider customer base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Paine’s Furniture Company
Old Boston Congregational Club Annual Meeting at Vendome
About forty five members met last evening at the Vendome for the Old Boston Congregational Club annual gathering. Frank W. Wyman presided as routine business was concluded and postprandial remarks were heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Boston Congregational Club
Vendome
Frank W. Wyman
No Secret Mrs Campbell Weds to Publish Her Relief Story
Mrs. Campbell of Albion Noble County Indiana seeks publication of her health ordeal to help others. She suffered dropsy and womb prolapse with bloating chest pain backache and nervousness before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After one bottle she could walk again and she now credits the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Campbell
Albion, Noble Co
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harvard Students Protest Plan to Close Holmes Field
Harvard students and alumni react to the Harvard corporation’s decision to close Holmes Field and move athletics to Soldiers’ Field. Editorials in the Harvard Crimson urge keeping Holmes Field for track, field, and baseball as long as possible, predicting strong opposition and petitions if the change occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Corporation
Holmes Field
Harvard
Harvard Crimson
Harvard Chess Club invites Boston players for night of matches
The Harvard Chess Club met last night and announced J. J. Barry, Boston Chess Club champion, will attend tonight to play several college players simultaneously. The college team has challenged the Boston Press Club to a Feb 12 match. last season Harvard won 6 to 4 and plans further games with the Boston Chess Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Chess Club
J. J. Barry
Boston Chess Club
College Chess Club
Boston Press Club
Medfords Visit Chelsea in A C C Tournament Showdown
In a local A C C event Medford faced Chelsea and Winnisimmets. Pool results show Winnisimmet Edwards BC Bridges 50 100 and Medford Ball McIntyre totals 47 37. Whist scores split with Medford and Winnisimmer teams totaling 323 and 306 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medfords
Chelsea
Winnisimmets
Winnisimmet
Edwards
Bridges
Medford
Ball
McIntyre
Winnisimmer
Fisch rolls 644 in Cambridge three frames at Brattle square
At Brattle square alleys in Cambridge last night Ralph P. Fisch totaled 644 across three frames with scores of 195 242 and 207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattle Square
Cambridge
Ralph P. Fisch
Polo Games Last Night at New Bedford and Providence
Polo results from last night list New Bedford versus Sae lem with 5 to 4 and Providence versus Lynn with 10 to 8. The brief scores record local play and indicate competition among area teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Saelem
Providence
Lynn
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SIZ
Edward C. Almy & Co
Frank Brierly
Tommy Carter
Tipperary
Brierly
Carter
Aherty
Martin Flaherty
Worcestershire
Bewa
Lea & Perrins
Joe Puncan
Southern Lumber
Welch
Davis
UIUL
Ring of Natick
Brown Boys
Paul
Washington
Jan
Grand Opera House
Hastings
Change Ave
State St
Post Office
Episcopalian Banquet
Pandemic Company
Spruce St
Thos. P. Murray
Katahdin
United States
Hibernians
St. Patrick’s Day
M. A. Whelton
Lynn Leather
Binghamton Bank
LA Grippe
E. Fougera & CO
Tam St
Secret
Our Lady
Newburyport
The
Walter R. Fenley
Mass
Cibson
Alice
Kei the Post
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